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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Merizo Village in Guam


Earthquake location 11.8889S, 143.7711WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 180 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam (112 miles) on Wednesday. Event id: us700063ej. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700063ej. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/11/19 / 2019-11-05 15:59:38 / November 5, 2019 @ 3:59 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 143.7711° East, 11.8889° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 01:59:38 / 1:59 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 180 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.7711° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.8889° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 180km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-05 15:59:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-05 16:29:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 400 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us700063ej Id of event.
Event Code 700063ej An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700063ej, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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